Hay-carrier



(No Model.) R

A.. W. TUTTON.

HAY CARRIER.

No.` 880,412. PatenteApr. 3, 1888.

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HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,412, dated April 3,1888.

Application filed August 52:2, 1887. Serial No. 247,578. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom z'fb may concern.-

Beit known that i, ARTHUR NV. TUTroN, of Eau Claire, in the county ofBerrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in HayCarriers; and I hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which forni a partv of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hay-carrying apparatus of thatclass in which the carrier runs on a cord or line or other suspendedtrack; and the invention consists in bifurcating and slotting the shankor latch of the catch, passing the lever of the supporting-hook throughthe slot of the catchlever, and in the means for arresting and retainingthe carrier and releasing the support` ing hook or catch.

Figure l is a view of the carrier with the side removed. Fig. 2 is aview of the latch of the retainingcatch detached. Fig. 3 is a view ofthe supporting-catch detached. Fig. t is a view of the stop on the line.

A is the body of the carrier, supported on the cord B by the groovedwheels C C, which are pivoted in the upper section of the carrier by thepivots c c.

The hay-carrier is described as running on the cord l; but it may be runon any other track as `well, this feature is not claimed as a part of myinvent-ion.

In the lower section of the carrier is pivoted the pulley D by means ofthe pivot d, to which is also pivoted the bifurcated ende e of the latchE, which is also slotted at e', and at its free end terminates in thecatch F with the beveled point f.

H is alcver pivoted in the carrier on the pivot J, and passes throughthe slot e in the lever E, and terminates at its lower end in a hook orcatch, I, which engages with the loop 7c on the pulley-block Ii, towhich the hay-'fork is attached, and supports the load to be conveyed bythe carrier. The upper arm. Il, ot" the lever II extends above the pivotJ far enough to ailow the bar g ofthe stop G to engage with it and forceit back so as t0 release the catch I freni the loop It of thepulley-block K. The spring O is connected at one end With the arm l1,ofthe lever H, and at the other end to the latch E, and returns thelever H to its position when released from the pressure of the bar g ofthe stop G. The har gef the stop G is grooved upon its upper surface toreceive the cord B, to the under side of which it is fastened in anyconvenient man ner. To the bar g is riveted the two Wings g g', Whichproject downward and flare outwardly. These wings are united at theirfront ends by the bar or rod L, which, in operation, engages with thecatch F of latch E, and retains the carrier in place-until the fork isloaded. At the same time the front end of the bar g presses back the topof the lever H, andthe hook or catch I is disengaged from the loop ofthe pulley-block, and the fork falls into the hay on the wagon which isto he unloaded. To the post or rod )I is attached the line N, which isrun through the pulleyblock K and passes up over the pulley D, and iscarried out to any convenient point.

Vheu the carrier is over the wagon and the fork loaded, the free end ofthe line N is drawn down,and the pulley-block K 4is raised until theloop k passes above the catch I of lever H, and, striking against thelatch E, disengages its catch F from the har L of the stop, and as thecarrier moves hack the upper end of the lever His freed from thepressure of the barg of the stop, and its catch I engages in the link 7cand supports the pul- 1ey-block K with the hay-fork during the forwardmovement of the carrier. Then the carrier arrives atthe proper point,the fork is tripped in the usual manner and the hay deposited in themow. The carrier is then returned for another forkful, and this processis repeated until the Wagon is unloaded and the hay stowed away in themow.

It will readily be seen that in my invention the construction of thehay-carrier is greatly simplified and its operation facilitated.

Vhat I claim as my invention is* l. In a hay-carrying apparatus, thecombination of the bifurcated slotted latch E with the lever H andspring O, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a. hay-oarrying apparatus, the oombiprovided with the loop k, theline or cord N, nation of the bifurcalted slotted latch E, lever and thepulley D, substantially as and for the H, spring O, and the stop G onthe cord B, purposes specified.

substantially as described. v ARTHUR W. TUTTON. 5 3. In a hay-carryingapparatus, the combi- Witnesses:

nation of the bifurcated and slotted latch E, E. M. PLIMPTON,

lever H, spring O, stop G, pulley-b1ock K, ALBERT L. DREW,

